Cumbria Police sorry for black drug dealer image in appeal leaflet
Cumbria Police sorry for black drug dealer image in appeal leaflet
Oct 18, 2021 by BBC News - UK
Key Facts
- The leaflet's aim was to appeal for information about drug supply A police force has apologised after using an image of a black person dealing drugs in an anti-drugs leaflet.
- Cumbria Constabulary said it accepted it used a poor choice of image in the leaflet, which appealed for information about crimes.
- 'CREATE DIVISION' A spokeswoman for Anti Racist Cumbria said: "For us, this is not about offence and more about the real impact on people in our communities.
- "We must consider that only around one per cent of our population is black and we have already heard from some local residents that they fear being more 'watched' as a direct result of this leaflet.
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